hairbrushn.

Brit.

/ˈhɛːbrʌʃ/, U.S.

/ˈhɛrˌbrəʃ/

1. A brush for tidying and smoothing a person's hair.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > brush

brush1377

hairbrush1599

toilet brush1833

military hairbrush1894

military brush1921

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 259/2 Pinguefye the hayrebrushe in Hartes marrowe, or in stale Bitches milcke, when as you will dresse your hayre.

1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 528 Circular hair brushes, capable of revolving either way.

1886 G. M. Fenn Master of Cerem. i The nail had been driven in with the back of a hair-brush.

2. Used (chiefly attributively) of a kind of hand-grenade.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > grenade

trombe1562

grenade1591

grenado1611

granata1637

hand grenade1637

bag-granado1638

shell1647

glass-grenade1664

globe1672

flask1769

petrol bomb1903

rifle grenade1909

hairbrush1916

Mills1916

pineapple bomb1916

stick grenade1917

fragmentation bomb1918

pineapple1918

potato-masher grenade1925

spitball1925

Molotov cocktail1940

sticky bomb1940

stick-bomb1941

red devila1944

stun grenade1977

flash-bang1982

1916 J. N. Hall Kitchener's Mob ix. 132 Ten or a dozen varieties of bombs were in use... The ‘hairbrush’, the ‘lemon bomb’, the ‘cricket ball’, and the ‘policeman's truncheon’ were the most important of these, all of them so-called because of their resemblance to the articles for which they were named.

1919 J. Masefield Battle of Somme 9 Just before they got us we found some hairbrush bombs.

1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. 75 The ‘stick’ hand-grenade of the hair-brush type.

1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 113 Hair~brush grenade, the name for a type of hand-grenade used in the early part of the War, with a handle, the shape of which suggested a lady's hair-brush.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	hairbrush
释义	hairbrushn. Brit. /ˈhɛːbrʌʃ/, U.S. /ˈhɛrˌbrəʃ/ 1. A brush for tidying and smoothing a person's hair. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > beautification of the person > beautification of the hair > implements used in styling the hair > [noun] > brush brush1377 hairbrush1599 toilet brush1833 military hairbrush1894 military brush1921 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 259/2 Pinguefye the hayrebrushe in Hartes marrowe, or in stale Bitches milcke, when as you will dresse your hayre. 1851 Official Descriptive & Illustr. Catal. Great Exhib. III. 528 Circular hair brushes, capable of revolving either way. 1886 G. M. Fenn Master of Cerem. i The nail had been driven in with the back of a hair-brush. 2. Used (chiefly attributively) of a kind of hand-grenade. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > [noun] > grenade trombe1562 grenade1591 grenado1611 granata1637 hand grenade1637 bag-granado1638 shell1647 glass-grenade1664 globe1672 flask1769 petrol bomb1903 rifle grenade1909 hairbrush1916 Mills1916 pineapple bomb1916 stick grenade1917 fragmentation bomb1918 pineapple1918 potato-masher grenade1925 spitball1925 Molotov cocktail1940 sticky bomb1940 stick-bomb1941 red devila1944 stun grenade1977 flash-bang1982 1916 J. N. Hall Kitchener's Mob ix. 132 Ten or a dozen varieties of bombs were in use... The ‘hairbrush’, the ‘lemon bomb’, the ‘cricket ball’, and the ‘policeman's truncheon’ were the most important of these, all of them so-called because of their resemblance to the articles for which they were named. 1919 J. Masefield Battle of Somme 9 Just before they got us we found some hairbrush bombs. 1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. 75 The ‘stick’ hand-grenade of the hair-brush type. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 113 Hair~brush grenade, the name for a type of hand-grenade used in the early part of the War, with a handle, the shape of which suggested a lady's hair-brush. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1599
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